this is the deadly news live from brother in a final pitch to win over undecided voters in germany before sunday's elections just two days to go can i get a muckle of mawson shows prevent a late surge by the old founders if it germany will bring you coverage of the final

campaign about as of germany's two big political parties also on the program we may be leaving the european union but we all know even your friends prime minister sets out her plans for the future relations with brussels along on the rhetoric but short on details will it be enough to revive stalled bret's in negotiations. and rocket man versus the don't todd kim jong un and donald trump trade insults as the war of words between the u.s. and north korea gets personal. also coming up set to lose its license for london the city's transport authority describes the ride sharing app as not fit and proper we'll take a look at the road ahead. and fill gail welcome to the program. voters here in germany gearing up for federal

elections on sunday and both candidates for the post of chancellor are making a final push the latest polls have not been encouraging for martin shots and the center left social democrats now trailing and going to merkel's christian democrats by a wide margin survey suggests a conservative bloc is likely to take about thirty six percent of sunday's vote. so a major part of the whole of the final campaign rallies today correspondent mckayla cousin was a close for angela merkel speech in munich about the choice of venue. this is a this in between the c.d.u. c.s.u. of the conservatives. you see the germans even the how. unusual. is this contest. that there are several thousand people turning out to support the german sauce at the same time we see people chanting. we see that

whistling that ketling that the so you become the whole song of this campaign that . of the german sausage the recent weeks these are very few people i must say just a couple of dozen have you know with whistles who are clearly identifiable as honestly. as you can almost say making a lot of. paul to. the minutes ago. that this was about. the certainty about was. once again the germans. basically all of the noise. together. when over this many undecided this was here in. the last twenty four we actually know how this election. i'm

a political opponent said this is last. day all the far right i asked a statement a conservative votes. one times a political way you. want the tensile contender from the democrats. now basically the polls simply don't indicate that you will see. that wrong. that has. been the message. this. year and this is the one. time testing. only the next. time they have the most serious contender out of germany in times of. opposition. democratic was you seem to have ignored is that. not enough to strike you.

that this additional. revenue. you carry in a very noisy. they were going to challenge your boss and held his final rally in central chief political correspondent melinda crane was that. the mood is definitely enthusiastic at the moment because just arrived here and his party has been doing their very best to whip up enthusiasm prior to his arrival but when i talk to people i definitely hear mixed in with that enthusiasm a sort of a stoic determination and definitely also a measure of anxiety some of the polls are putting the party at one of its lowest results in many many years and there are many undecided voters out there but it's very unclear which way they're going to break so so this square is about two thirds could be fuller and those who are here definitely want to see this man bring in the

voters but as i say a lot of nervousness on what's his very message on this final day of campaigning. he said in the last couple of weeks that the s.p.d. a stitch and centrally stands for four things in this election campaign and they are equal wages for men and women they are is shoring up pensions to make sure that people can retire at the age that's been promised they are better education particularly for those who are disadvantaged and standing up for german values including values of inclusiveness so essentially for values that put the ass back in s.p.d. looking at the social nature of the party and trying to win back a lot of voters who feel that the party has forgotten that side of their history and their promise so again a clear focus on those voters who say you know what the economy is doing well but

we're not feeling it given what the polls are saying about s.p.d. likely coming second want to be supporters that telling you about that the thought options junior partners in a grand coalition or being relegated to the opposition. the people here on this square do not want to see another grand coalition the s.p.d. voters regardless of whether they're disappointed by their party or still hoping that it will do better than that than it's bold to do in the election with out fail they all say this grand coalition has not been good for our party we've lost our profile to some degree we've lost our way even when we're successful at putting some of our issues through it getting them passed into legislation the citizens often don't see that that was in a speedy victory so there's a real sense that it would probably be a good thing for the party to go into opposition and sharpen its focus and its message and yet the chances that there will be another grand coalition look pretty

strong unless the party basis says to the party leadership we are not going to support you if you call for a grand coalition the leadership has said it will put the matter to a vote and it's possible that the core would say sorry we're not going to do it. well in the crane portion britain's prime minister has delivered a major policy speech in italy in an attempt to give emphasis to those asians which the e.u. has described as stalled speaking in florence theresa may call for a two year transition phase after britain leaves the e.u. to help businesses adjust the prime minister stressed that london wants to be a strong friend and partner of brussels she also sought to reassure you citizens living in the u.k. that british courts will safeguard their rights. denied a vote denied a voice the u.k. prime minister to resign may's visit to florence has brought these british citizens together the majority live in italy and their concerns are plentiful pensions their

future status in the european union and the u.k.'s relationship with the e.u. just a few of the major points to dog regs at negotiations. but yeah i think it's just down to clarifying what's going on. how it's going to affect everybody. you know and in the u.k. but also in europe as well and i'm really really fan out that night at the brits and it. was another year of the you know what the hell is going on. over here we've been this show that we are a priority well it's wearing a bit. near by and amid tight security may arrived for what would be a lengthy attempt at breaking the deadlock in bragg's of talks which are set to resume on monday since u.k. voters cast their ballots in june twenty sixth dean and decided to leave the union london has been in a boxing ring with brussels both sides drawing punches over a range of issues migration being one of the most divisive to the six hundred

thousand italians in the u.k. and indeed to all citizens who have made their lives in our country that we want you to stay we value you and we thank you for your contribution to our national life. and it has been and remains one of my first goals in this negotiation to ensure that you can carry on living your lives as before. now you addressed a range of issues notably her hopes for a strong bond between the u.k. and the e.u. but let's think creatively beyond bishops about what we can achieve because as i said we start from an unprecedented position in terms of our current relationship with you we remember we're coming out but that enables us to build a different sort of partnership for the future may speech has been met with a cautious welcome in the u. the iconic flag of europe punctuated with gold stars is still very much a symbol of unity democracy and freedom for many british citizens march twenty nine

thousand will signal the beginning of the end for britain's e.u. membership. let's get more on this one from delhi correspondent at mass in london and barbara faisal in brussels welcome both i will start with you barbara faisal and the response yet from brussels on this idea of an extra two years in the clubhouse that likely to go down. there is some response but if he is guarded the chief negotiator michel barnier lauded the constructive spirit of the speech of course being the lead in the european on the european side here in those talks he cannot really rebuked the prime minister without really looking into the contents of the speech and the many aspects there remained a bit vague he said he saw some progress and of course the e.u. would no think about the proposal to enter into a transition phase so if that is not clear and captain pace said because what

theresa may once there is something that is not exactly the status quo of the membership now and the europeans on the other hand say we offer you a deal but that is going to be we just continue as it is and there will be no cherry picking and no changes so even at that point there is still a ways to go. and so still a lot of detail of missing from the speech. there is a lot of detail missing and if you look at the directions for instance from the european parliament there is quite a lot of negativity there for instance baber who is the head of the largest parliamentary group the christian democrats he said that after the speech he was even more concerned about the future and the progress then before the speech and similar things you heard from social democrats and greens for instance and the leader of the parliamentary committee gave the hoff that he said ok there is some

realism at least in asking for a transition phase but in all the other details we just don't know enough all this is too vague we need just propositions on the pitch on the table and we need detail and she didn't deliver that so largely the reactions are quite muted and not very positive. mass in the london lot not much joy from the you people smiling where you are. well to reason they will be smiling about that about the reaction of our own cabinet because they have been very supportive they've come out on twitter boris johnson applauding the prime minister and this is something that reason may well probably be quite relieved about she has run this past the cabinet but this is one of her difficulties that she doesn't really have the backing of all of her colleagues and there was really is care for that even the foreign secretary might resign over the issue of you know the transition and the

long term future of u.k.'s relationship with the e.u. so she's got that in the back but then again there are people who think what she has offered is not enough the brics it tears the likes of nigel farrar they think it's absolutely irresponsible for britain to stay basically on only you terms for for a transition period of of about two years like the prime minister has suggested so for these people and also there are several in your own party this will be something that they swallow have a have a very hard time to swallow then there are people who don't want our heartbreaks and they really don't know yet i mean they are positive their reaction has been ok so what is the actual long term future we know about the transition here but what comes after so nothing concrete on the table as barbara has already said ok so it sounds like everyone who doesn't work for theresa may has lots of questions and is happy big at the big issue around bragg's it was the future status of citizens in

the u.k. did this speech do anything to ease concerns. well citizens are incredibly worried because this is a speech and i'm sure their people will realize the good intentions that to reason may have set out but is this going to be followed up by concrete proposals is this going to be followed up by in the next round of negotiations to really guarantee all rights of citizens this is what people will be looking out for and this is what they all so still worried in their reactions there is talk about as what reason mayor said about registration for e.u. citizens when they come into the u.k. in the transition period that makes people nervous and people simply don't know what's going to happen after well they have the same rights as you can citizens to access the health service to act to put their children into u.k. schools and indeed in universities that are where they have to pay maybe for some

of that all this is still unclear final question barbara. money of course is the big big big issue what was said about that. the reason may remain drug me she at least acknowledged that the money had to be paid and that britain would sort of fill the gap in the european budget to two thousand and twenty that will exist after breck's it however we heard in a first reaction from poland that obviously there the government wants to play hardball because the polish minister said in his first reaction if britain there will be noticed a transition deal if britain does not pay up what it knows now there is the beginning contentious issue of course we know the european one sixty billion plus were to reason may offered today might amount to around twenty billion so we have a huge gap and we hear the first voices who say they really have to pay every penny

otherwise we're not going to play ball so tough times ahead in the negotiations i wish i could both barbara faisal in brussels back at mass in london this is didn't lose a life from that and still to come kill john donald trump throwing more insults at each other we'll have the latest on the spiraling tensions between north korea and the united states. now a bump in the road for the right hailing in the u.k. here's how the gators if you were just talking about worried people in the united kingdom and now they have another reason transport authorities in london at least have to cited not to renew operating license that means drivers might not be able to continue offering their services within a few weeks transport for london says over is not fit and proper in public safety and security but not for the reasons you might think. the loss of its license is

more than a small road bump for her but the right healing service says it's planning to power through by preparing an appeal it accuses london's transport regulator of unfairly favoring the city's traditional black cab drivers disgruntled at market share grab . but i think what's clear by this decision is the man transport from london has paid down to extreme pressure from its main number of individuals and groups that want to restrict choice to consumers and competition within the impact of that decision if it stands with the over forty thousand licensed drivers out of wood with no means to support themselves their families their loved ones the transport authorities took issue with hoover's approach to reporting serious criminal offenses background checks on drivers and its use of grey ball a software that looks like to passengers from using cars like investigators or regulators for example but while goober has run into regulatory trouble in many

cities in addition to london the service has been quite popular here goober cars make up a third of all privately hired vehicles this obviously most she was going to try and boss still feel like oh i don't feel like i'm paying ridiculous amounts to get a job working for an hour out of us to have us you know but it's only bouncers and walk out the door for so long that it's going to mourn the loss of the license is just the latest in a spate of problems which forced out the company c e o but whether new management will be able to push past this latest rope lock will be an important test for the company's ability to stay on track. germany's biggest steel company to cope announced a merger of its european operations with its indian competitor tata steel this week the move might cost thousands of jobs in a region that is considered the core of german industry as germany's who're area was known for its glowing hot smelters and smoking furnaces for more than two centuries people have mined here for black holes or brown coal and for iron ore

there's also the home of the country's steel industry as a whole in the nineteenth century companies like and cope became symbols of germany's industrialization the companies have long merged and now formed to cope and now the steel giant will join india's tata group to better position itself against growing competition from china but as always there's a downside just like in every other merger many jobs are at risk and workers are where it up to four thousand jobs will be cut two thousand and management and two thousand and production now they see the fusion as a further step in a far reaching structural change that has even seen some of once mighty mines like it's turned into industrial museums. they're striking the bell and alarm they are steel workers in book home as they took to the streets on friday their plant is threatened once to simple open tata

steel their european business four thousand jobs are about to be cut according to management workers fear this might only be the beginning with deeper cuts to come industry experts agree that for the two steel companies a joint venture makes sense they have to compete against cheap chinese imports and not desperate to cut costs but for people in the region companies shedding jobs has become far too normal they worry about their livelihood. we are upset we are afraid to lose our jobs obviously they're closing one plant after another. apparently all is good until twenty twenty but after that they might kick us to the curb and that's. when the jobs go away the whole city dies we already have huge youth unemployment we can't go on like this. indeed unemployment in the area of germany is industrial heartland is way over ten percent

more than double the german average four years everything from technological advances to the current energy transmission has led to a far reaching structural change in the area and with no other industry settling here to make up for the jobs lost workers want to make sure that the steel business is not entirely leaving germany. from commodities to or oil now members of the organization of oil export in countries and russia met in vienna today once again the aim was to review plans to increase global oil prices by cutting production while prices have gained recently hitting around fifty six u.s. dollars a barrel but that's still far away from the days when a barrel cost one hundred forty seven dollars in november last year opec and other nonmember ten trees agreed to cut their output by around one point eight million barrels per day to counter global oversupply and support prices despite their efforts increasing u.s.

shale oil production has kept prices low. and speaking of low standard and poor's revised hong kong's top notch credit rating down just one day after lowering china's the ratings agencies says the semi-autonomous city has very strong institutional and political ties to china it also warned hong kong could be exposed to mainline channel china's rising debt load many analysts consider lowering hong kong's rating a natural step the s. and p. added that hong kong itself is very strong financially but that it has to tackle various problems such as sky high property prices. and german flag carrier love towns are is ready to buy the largest chunk of bankrupt air berlin germany second largest airline that's according to local media reports citing inside sources of times are said to be considering a takeover of the bankrupt airlines austrian subsidiary nikky as part of a split up of the company reports say easy jet and card or another big german

airline now will take the remaining assets the airline now says negotiations will continue until the twelfth of october. it's back to phil for more world news and the war of words between washington and pyongyang indeed have yes it's a getting personal for the first time in history a north korean leader has that directly addressed a u. s. president take a look. north korea's leader didn't pull any punches in a scathing statement read live on north korean t.v. on friday. but. kim jong un branded donald trump a row going to gangster rather than a politician he also warned he would surely indefinitely detain the mentally deranged u.s. detente with fire. the insults were

a heated reaction to trump's united nations speech earlier in the week when he mocked kim jong un as rocket men and threaten to totally destroy north korea even need be trump on friday was quick to lob abuse back tweeting that king john on who is obviously a madman who doesn't mind starving or killing his people will be tested like never before. the war of words comes against the backdrop of north korea speeding up its military testing we threatening to retaliate at the highest level north korea's foreign minister hinted that a new nuclear test could be on the horizon. i think it could be the most powerful detonation of a hydrogen bomb in the pacific ocean. the united states and japan have want in the past them shoot down any north korean missile and they consider a threat to japan in this case a real possibility. is that. if they decided to conduct

a hydrogen bomb test with an intercontinental ballistic missile in the pacific based on previous missile tests we cannot deny it might fly over a country these kinds of actions cannot be tolerated or you could do this to make it a tall buildings. as japan braces itself and that possibility the insults are expected to keep flying. the tensions on the korean peninsula mean that some countries are rethinking their decisions to send teams to the next winter olympics in p. and chan the host city for the twenty eighteen games is east of seoul an eighty kilometers from the demilitarized zone at the border with north korea winter olympics heavyweights austria today joined france in telling the organizers that if the safety of their athletes car began to aid the mill keep the motor home. another month another north korean missile test tensions on the peninsula have seldom been

higher and with the twenty eight thousand winter olympics due to take place in south korea in february that has some countries worried. austria has no said that it could pull out of the games if the safety of its athletes can't be guaranteed meanwhile france's sports minister told french radio station air t l that she is keeping a close eye on the situation and it will never put our team in danger they are aware of the situation we have asked them to remain focused on their objective and if things get worse and we can't assure their security the french team will stay at home and. put the sports governing body the i.o.c. is adamant that the slopes will see olympic action come february. these resolution can and will be an important symbol for the commitment to peace of the international community speaking now about different scenarios

for the olympic winter games would send the wrong message it would be a message against our own belief in peace and diplomacy it's an admirable stance but withdrawals from winter olympic powerhouses like austria could eventually force the committee's hand. news lie from berlin still to come we'll bring you the latest on the rescue efforts in mexico say also that i see still not germany said general elections of course happens on sunday suggestible. european stars deliver rousing performances. of the masses of trip hop and dog like this some by. the british band

fake let's. do a concert forty five. w. . hijacking the news. where i go wrong the news is being hijacked journalism itself has become a scripted reality show it's not just good versus evil us versus them black and white. in countries like russia china turkey people are told that it's that simple and if you're a journalist there and you try to get beyond that you are facing scare tactics intimidation. and i wonder is that where we're headed as well. my responsibility as a journalist is to get beyond the smoking mirrors it's not just about being fair and balanced or being neutral it's about being truthful. when he was born god

and i were good enough. hash tag germany decides. the day before the general election on d w a day dedicated to democracy. from its dramatically gleanings in germany until the present day how is the nation of culture fairing an election year. where do the german people see their place in europe. democracy day september twenty third. this is day w news live from baghdad i'm still getting a lot of top story at this hour but just two days until germany's federal elections the top two candidates for chancellor have made their final pleas to the faithful and to undecided voters latest polls are not in shelters center left social

democrats still trailing i'm going to not feel sad christian democrats by a large margin. last night so confidence from seven parties taking part in a life to be devoted to state w.'s shelagh paltry thoughts produce some real skirmishes. it was their last chance to sway german voters ahead of polling on sunday representatives from the country's seven biggest parties took to the stage in berlin but could they sell their vision of the future to viewers at home. germany doing well but that doesn't mean that all of its people it's doing well germany's a wealthy country but we have to make sure to invest in the future. there was broad agreement on a number of issues spending more on digital infrastructure for example and the need for thousands more police officers in fact on domestic security there was competition to see who could talk toughest less to my body police officers must be equipped with body camps as

a matter of course and i think they need smart technology to video surveillance phone surveillance the possibility to trace groups and messenger to. where one might wonder where martin schulz an angler merkel the two top candidates skipped the event sending their deputies instead they had no qualms about clashing with their rivals something critics say has been lacking in the election campaign one big question they faced was how to deal with the far right alternative for germany or a.f.d. if as expected it enters parliament. you're in typical form tonight's always starting with a provocation. i haven't provoked anyone yet from any time here you have the days now and here you are now sitting comfortably and pretending that everything's all right with you and your party for me it's not ok i want to make that clear. you want to leave the european union at a time in the world where if it didn't exist it would need to be founded right now . a stiff challenge to the f.t.'s populous message still they could well finish

third biggest party on sunday but three other parties also have a shot at that a sign of germany's fractured political landscape just ahead of the election. while the race is attracted a lot of attention outside of germany andres lots of questions kate brady has been doing her best to answer that last part of her face book series asked d.-w. i welcome kate before we get started let's watch a few highlights. it's i'm going to make it for a fourth term in office this is just one of the questions on many germans minds at the moment what will this mean for pajama politics if we see a far right party back in the gym when the saga of the one of the first questions that we've got here is that you might be able to help me with our is the other most important topics for young voices in germany you have been here for two years now right how is it live in here and now we want to hear from you so send us your

questions under the hashtag germany decides and then join me on facebook live as i answer your questions. so the questions came in what was it the people outside germany most wanted to the yes they did indeed and i think one of the main topics people were interested in is immigration and integration we were actually i refugee shelter right at the beginning of the we are many people are interested in exactly how germany is planning in ahead in the next few years to integrate the hundreds of thousands of refugees over obviously arrived over the last couple of years in germany but looking more closely to sunday and the election one of the big questions that we've got almost every day is always about the f.t. the alternative to germany and what that would mean for german politics if a far right party and the german parliament what really stood out for you i think

it was really interested actually. on thursday to see how engaged the youth voters were that's a huge problem in germany at the minute there's only around fifteen percent of voters are actually under thirty three germany is a very old country in terms of age demographic at the moment so it's quite it was nice to see young voters get in gauged as well the two big passes the course under the merkel the c.s.u. martin shultz from the s.p.d. you've just come back from a speedy campaign and they are predicted to be the big losers in this what's the mood like that it was actually on believable and if that was it in the most positive way possible there were hundreds of people out on the gendarme marked in in many of them still full of full of this hope and not believe in the polls at the minute you know the s.p.d. a sit in at around twenty to twenty two percent many people are saying ok how often

have the of the polls been been accurate in recent months or the last couple of years when we look at the brics that referendum all the other trying to election in the u.s. so it is quite interesting to see quite how optimistic people are at the minute ahead of sunday's election praying for a miracle ok ok brady thank you so much for the work of. as kate said the elections are on sunday and today was the last day of campaigning but you can still join in the debate you can follow our coverage online and d.-w. dot com get your updates on our d.w. new set of facebook page or follow us on twitter using the hash tag germany decides a social media team is waiting to hear what you think of the issues and the date the candidates. for now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world iran's president hassan rouhani has pledged to strengthen his country's defense capabilities at

a parade in tehran the country unveiled a new missile with a range of two thousand kilometers move comes amidst that comes despite criticism from the u.s. and france. police in london have charged a man in connection with last week's bomb attack at parsons green underground station eighteen year old adam and her son has been charged with attempted murder and causing an explosion and after a device detonated on a packed underground train last week injuring thirty people. emergency crews in puerto rico are rushing to rescue people trapped in their homes as flash floods floods plague the island following hurricane maria storms claimed at least twenty five lives in total six of them in puerto rico maria is currently lashing the coastal areas of the turks and caicos islands. three days since a powerful earthquake struck central mexico toppling buildings and killing nearly three hundred people emergency services are still working around the clock to find

survivors doubly correspondent covering the chamorro has been to mexico city to watch the rescue efforts. this has become the most important symbol of hope for mexico city after the earthquake it sounds harsh silence speaks someone might be calling for help under the rubble here volunteers are equipped at least with a spade or a hammer so they're not all as germany though every one helps with a hammer or with bare hands lifting stones have you found people. yet as a as those with yes of course a lot to do that while i was there at least eight people. to prison and just to go . but meanwhile there are hundreds of people willing to help around the color buildings in the city some are even turned away by the authorities they ask for more control that's what they're doing but what is it about this. isn't it's about controlling the number and i think there. once we are inside the end to see as i'm

and it will of the people seems only many. people are working here for hours many of them for the last two days. i didn't sell this one has been here for over twelve hours even fell unconscious but she still wants to help. that is why she was transferred from moving rubble to helping distribute food and beverage as. she strongly believes that there are still victims who are alive under the rubble. to see yes i really think so. this is why i'm still here even though i fainted at least i can help a bit here. as they are. you tell when. i think it's about them till i can no longer do so because these are my people this is my country i'm going to stay here that you are yes that's. according to the

major of mexico city at least forty buildings in the capital have collapsed like this one experts say that people could survive up to three days under the rains this is why the atmosphere witnessing here is very tense people and the prayers are and they still hope they can find victims alive under the ruins it is a race against time. this is d.w. news still to come and nick cave famous for his literate and dark songs is turning the ripe age of sixty probably medal for michael to desk will be here to tell us more about to music's prince of darkness. emanuel macross labor reforms are now in place now he's facing a backlash in france how the alligators can tell us what we're talking about france here for we know that workers are not going to let this happen without a fight and indeed tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets to march against president because controversial labor reforms which he earlier signed

into law the measures to make it easier for companies to hire and fire workers and allow small companies to negotiate directly with their employees instead of resorting to trate units a call was elected on the promise that these reforms would help reduce france's unemployment rate which is currently at nine and a half percent. now some say the reforms are urgently needed others say they will hurt france or so sidey an economy but let's see what they mean on a practical level what will actually change the w.'s these are louis took on the pros and cons of president mccall's flexion. money that run for a german had always dreamed of moving to paris eight months ago she opened a cafe here but life as a small business owner in france is harder than she expected especially when she hires staff that need an extended period of training as a fan of the problem is that france has strict rules against dismissals.

and one of my pastry chefs was still very slow two months on so i had to let her go if i kept her on a longer she would have had a permanent contract then even if she didn't improve i'd have been forced to keep or. even under the proposed reforms dismissals will still be strictly regulated but the new rules would make it easier to offer short term job contracts also giving employers more time to see if staff are a good fit the proposal would also cap compensation awarded by courts and dismissal cases every leaf or small business owners like sashimi lol. yes collude. with always had this sword of damocles hanging over our head if we had to let anyone go it could be so expensive we'd go bankrupt. employers may welcome the change but many trade union activists are dismayed.

turns back the clock to labor conditions at the start of the twentieth century employers will be able to calculate exactly how much a dismissal will cost them so take advantage of that to fire experienced and more expensive workers and replace them with young workers who don't pop off with low wages. the hardline c.d.t. union isn't ready planning massive protests so far few if any other unions have committed to joining them many economists say that's no surprise because the planned reforms are moderate overall they'd like to see even more changes. in your flock we really need our tax cuts to provide incentives for investors. the government also needs to slash incidental wage costs and improve training and continuing education. that's the only way our businesses will become competitive

again. we told. mother that run for also hopes that this first round will be followed by additional reforms. so i understand two employees i'd like three but can't afford it the incident wage costs are too high more reforms are in the works to lower non wage labor costs and relaxed rules against dismissal but it's unlikely french unions would wave that through with that if ice. what enough aso is among the poorest countries on earth four out of every five citizens work in agriculture but despite the crucial role of farming it's still difficult to feed the population that's partly due to harsh climate conditions that affect the crops in the northern part of the country farmers are now trying a new method that might help counter the effects of climate change. the northern part of brook you know faso lies directly in this i have been out the fields are

terribly dry and can't produce enough. it either doesn't rain at all or it rains too much then the water's rip deep depressions into the earth the topsoil gets washed away. the population has grown considerably and the forests have disappeared agricultural land is limited and the rains have gotten heavier the only way to revive the weaken soil is using the half-moon method and it's the only way to feed our family. the half-moon method makes use of the slope and the direction the rain water flows in explains induces seagate to the farmers. the result lots of little semicircular plant beds the slope in the gaps brings rain water quickly and even lead to the dug out areas the flow of water no longer washes away the topsoil. the ground is dug

fifteen centimeters deep. more than three hundred many fields are built on an area one hundred by one hundred metres. a layer of dung makes the ground nice and fertile sesame beans in millet are planted in the new fields to make sure water doesn't create ditches like this small extra dams are used to protect the new areas . this little dam creates a difference in height between the field and the rest of the land. the rainwater outside flushes the ground away but here it's stopped by the barrier so the field is protected. two months later the rainy season is over. the land is green. and the cattle have plenty of grass to eat. this millet was cultivated using conventional

methods and it looks stunted. whereas the crops on the half-moon fields are flourishing they had all the water and natural fertilizer they needed. i think it not enough rain falls in this region and when it does rain it all flows into these trenches the half-moon method keeps the water back that much is clear. but it's important to think carefully about how and where you put the semicircles. after two cultivation cycles so in two years the ground can completely recover. the half-moon method gives farmers in the sahara region higher yields a better income and increased protection against the effects of climate change. that's all from the business task now it's back to film now we have elections this weekend but sports fans are looking at

a whole other thing it's all about football there is politics and football and that's what's so saturday's big point is bigger clash pits to dortmund against a bloodbath for black and yellow to have four of their five league matches and the only remaining team in europe's top five leagues not to concede a goal this season so do bloodbaths have what it takes to put dortmund unblemished record to the test newry shine hasn't just been vital to the change at dortmund he's also profited from them the most coach peter boss has made him a leader on the pitch and shot paid him back by scoring his first goal in two and a half years. despite the euphoria surrounding him he's keeping his feet firmly on the ground. we've only played five been does league a game so far that isn't much we have to try and win our game on saturday and that won't be easy we have to be on top of our game. dortmund love to play their

namesakes at the resume and. dorgan have lost just one of the last ten encounters pierre emerick about me and has a knack of scoring against grabbing three in his last two home games against the foals something he and the team will want to continue. the feeling within the team is good you can see that the team trusts abilities playing well and working well as a team all of that's important to win a game. unbeaten on the road this season during both of those games they'll be asking new signing mathias ginter how to bag all three points this time around he was a dormant for the past three seasons. to lose this in the office this of course we know it will be tough and daughter. will have to be a little in front of goal and make sure we convert the few chances that we have if we want to get a result of. the lessons and then bringing points back from dormant that's what

glasgow's d.j. hacking will be expecting from his players. on the first day i saw or i knew she was on tuesday and in my. world as with the color of the rose a. crew down the river oh. does a stranger singer songwriter nick cave who turned sixty today and not famous for his deep so perfect voice that narrative song was supposed to convey with his band the bad seeds in the alternative rock scene of a mental culture that has sat here welcome robin i would you sum up nick cave well he's a he is a rare breed of singer songwriter i think in recent years you could equate him a bit with leonard cohen which i don't think i'll mind because leonard cohen is one

of his heroes he's been dubbed by the music press down the years the prince of darkness and he certainly has the look for it and his songs are often about das about religion about possession and sometimes even about violence i see you grimacing he's a really charismatic performer i was who leads the audience sort of down a dark path in his concerts but i do want to go yeah you know what he's i got i do recommend it he said so much artistically in this report we only have time to show some of his talents. nick cave has penned screenplays and novels but his best his dark sultry songs. from an early age was taught the importance of literature his parents were also staunch anglicans and religion and a gifted use of language in his storytelling have always been central to his work.

and. the function of a rock star. was a place perhaps not so these days was it was to be both both monstrous and to be godlike at the same time the embryonic version of what would become the cave and the bad seeds first formed in one thousand nine hundred three their first album from head to eternity make a found sanctuary when the band moved to berlin in one nine hundred eighty five. but it seems i spent three years in courts but i never really left because at that time everything everything was there everything that you needed was the intro it. was just as wonderful place. in the early ninety's caves work took on a more ballad line tone culminating in the haunting murder ballads of nine hundred

ninety six the dark album pairing cave with p.j. harvey and kalima no would prove to be the band's biggest commercial success. in two thousand and seven k. formed the band grinderman releasing an album of the same name just one. it's pretty an enigmatic work continues to flourish at the twenty sixteen release of nick cave and the bad seed studio album skeleton tree. rob and his lyrics and music are often very dark and more beds but then that he has had darkness in his life yeah two years ago one of his twin sons actually age

fifteen. fell off a cliff near his home in southern england fourteen was tripping on l.s.d. of course is nothing would for a parent than to lose a child we didn't hear much from him off that but he has said that this new album and that getting back to work with music was very much paul the healing process i mean the album's got a tree seems to be a lot about his son's death but he said he wrote most of it actually in advance of that terrible tragedy let's just hear a few seconds because it's a more electronic ambient sound we get now from nick cave. you. know the river.

definitely an acquired taste yeah but he's by the way he has since moved away from where he lived in england he said he couldn't live there anymore for obvious reasons and he's now transferred his whole family to los angeles and his time in berlin was clearly something that he quite enjoyed yeah i mean he actually came to berlin in the 1980's with the entire band the bad seeds to sort of start again and it was a time when the city was a by the way we're talking about west berlin a city surrounded by. wolf it was very very frenetic him and his band and it was a very special place for many struck up a. professional musical relationship with the going here. from the german industrial band i'm sure seemed annoyed by it it was a musical coming together a band of minds i should say that lasted for twenty years i mean finally just to

say about him we've heard. he actually when he performs live is really worth seeing you get each sort of whips up himself into a frenzy his band into a frenzy and the odeon says well he's going to perform for us as well you just so we say happy birthday to that nick cave who turned sixty six a robin that will thank you this is. news live from. coming up at the top of the hour that's in about four minutes felt like that long try the website called how did the.

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